Watch: How Venice slowly returning to normal

Venetians retaking their space, both from the coronavirus and from tourists that have famously overrun it, are being offered a unique opportunity to test the resilience of one of the world's most fragile cities.

Venice:After three months of near-total lockdown, Venice appears unusually quiet and clean.

A few Venetians wander around St. Mark's square, but no gondolas sailing on the canals, only a few boats and water buses.

Venetians retaking their space, both from the coronavirus and from tourists that have famously overrun it, are being offered a unique opportunity to test the resilience of one of the world's most fragile cities.

The coronavirus put a halt Italy's most-visited city, restricting the flow of 3 billion euros (approx. 3.25 billion US dollars) in annual tourism-related revenue.

Promised government assistance has been predictably slow to arrive.

(AP)